Getting to the Royal Berkshire Hospital

Tel: 0118 322 5111 Web: www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk Web: 5111 322 0118 Tel: London Road, Reading RG1 5AN RG1 Reading Road, London Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Foundation NHS Berkshire Royal July 2006 July service information Patient www.busbook.co.uk Thames Travel: 01491 837988 837988 01491 Travel: Thames www.reading-buses.co.uk Reading Transport: 0118 959 4000 4000 959 0118 Transport: Reading www.traveline.org.uk Traveline Public Transport Information: 0870 608 2608 608 0870 Information: Transport Public Traveline Further information is available from available is information Further Craven Road. Craven N2a NightTrack from Reading to Woodley via via Woodley to Reading from NightTrack Craven Road Craven N3 NightTrack from Lower Earley to Reading via via Reading to Earley Lower from NightTrack Redlands Road (Thames Travel) (Thames Road Redlands Royal Berkshire Hospital Berkshire Royal 144 Reading to Wokingham via Craven Road and and Road Craven via Wokingham to Reading Redlands Road Redlands Getting to the the to Getting 42 Reading to Woodley via Craven Road and and Road Craven via Woodley to Reading 28 Redlands Road to Reading, Grovelands and Tilehurst and Grovelands Reading, to Road Redlands Reading station Reading 18 Lower Earley to Calcot via RBH South block and and block South RBH via Calcot to Earley Lower Road and Redlands Road Redlands and Road 9 Caversham Heights to Whitley Wood via Craven Craven via Wood Whitley to Heights Caversham Reading town centre town Reading A number of buses travel between the hospital and and hospital the between travel buses of number A Travelling by bus by Travelling Car parking Park & Ride During peak periods on weekdays, there is often difficulty During peak periods on weekdays, there are many finding a parking space. Please take this into consideration more people wishing to park at the hospital than there when deciding on how and when to travel to the Royal are on-site parking spaces. To address this, the Royal Berkshire Hospital. Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust and Thames Travel Public parking is Pay & Display. Parking for disabled people are currently running a Park & Ride scheme between is free of charge. the Madejski Stadium car park and the hospital. There is a change machine near the hospital reception on This is under review and may be subject to change. Level 2 in the Main Entrance. Further information is available from Multi-storey car park Our Facilities Management team: 0118 322 8152 Levels 0, 1 and 2 (red, orange and yellow floors www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk respectively) are public. All wards and departments can be Traveline helpline: 0870 608 2608 accessed from Level 2. www.traveline.org.uk There is no access to A&E from the main hospital. Pedestrian access to A&E is directly from Craven Road Travelling by bicycle (entrance C3). Bicycle racks are provided for use by patients and Disabled parking spaces visitors. These are shown on the map overleaf. Level 2 has 26 disabled-only spaces, and leads straight to the reception in the Main Entrance of the hospital. It Pedestrian access provides the best access to the wards and departments. There are also seven disabled parking spaces on Level 0. Please use the Main Entrance on Craven Road for access to all wards and departments except for A&E, A limited number of disabled parking spaces are also Endoscopy and departments in outlying buildings. available near West Drive buildings, South block, North block, Endoscopy and Battle block. Please be aware that in these areas, there is no one to assist disabled patients and their carers between the car parks and the hospital. Facilities Short-stay parking There are public toilets and telephones in every block. Short-stay parking and disabled parking points are Wheelchairs may be found in the Main Entrance block available at Redlands Road, next to the South block on Level 2 near the main reception and on Level 2 entrance. Three short-stay spaces are also available in the South block. North block car park. An electric buggy driven by volunteers is also available to transport patients between 9.30am and 12.00 noon and 1.30pm and 4.00pm Monday–Friday. A volunteer driving an electric buggy www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk Finding your way around the Royal Berkshire Hospital �� Wards and departments �� The hospital is spread out over a large area so �� please be aware that it may take up to 15 minutes �� to walk to some wards and departments. Please �� take this into consideration when allowing time to �� get to your appointment. �� Hospital levels �� The hospital wards and departments are located �� over several levels. Please use this guide to direct �� you to the relevant block and floor level. �� The wards and departments are listed below �� according to the block or building they are in. �� Please go to the block indicated. Wards and �� departments are signposted within each block. �� The lists also give the floor level that you need �� to go to. For example ‘Calcot Ward • 3’ means �� that ‘Calcot Ward’ is on Level 3 of (in this case) �� Battle block. �� If you are using the multi-storey car park, all wards �� and departments can be accessed from Level 2. �� For assistance or more information please ask bicycle rack disabled parking � pay & display parking pharmacy at Reception in the Main Entrance (level 2) building entrances �� drop-off & collection point lifts A&E Concourse • 2 Eye block Delivery suite • 3 South block Trust Education Centre (Accident & Emergency) CT scan (X-ray) • 1 Dorrell Ward • 3 Gynaecology • 5 Adult Day Surgery Unit Craven Road (entrance C1) Craven Road (entrance C3). No Dolphin Ward • 3 Eye Casualty • 2 Hurley Ward • 5 (ADSU) • 3 public access via main hospital. Blood tests • 2 ECG • 2 (Concourse) Eye Clinics • 2 Iffley Ward• 4 West Drive buildings Emergency Surgical Unit Marsh Ward (Midwifery Children’s Clinic • 1 Greenlands Ward Redlands Road (entrance R1) (ESU) • 1 (Rheumatology) • 4 Led Unit) • 4 Dermatology Outpatients • 2 Battle block Audiology 1 (W1) Hopkins Ward • 1 Occupational Therapy • 1 Rushey Ward • 6 Fracture & Orthopaedic Acute Stroke Unit • 1 Audiology 2 (W2) Kempton Day Bed Unit • 3 Orthoptics • 2 Sonning Ward • 5 Clinic • 2 Adelaide Ward • 2 Dietetics (W6) Kennet Ward • 2 Pharmacy Inpatients • 1 Ultrasound • 2 Haematology Outpatients ENT Clinics (W3) Burghfield Ward • 3 Lion Ward • 3 WestCall • 2 (blood tests) • 2 Physiotherapy Calcot Ward • 3 Lithotripter Suite • 1 Heygroves Ward • 3 Family Planning Clinic Outpatients West (W5) Cardiac Care Unit (CCU) • 1 Loddon Ward • 2 Hunter Ward • 3 7 Craven Road North block Podiatry (W4) Cardiology Outpatients • 1 Mammography X-ray • 2 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) • 3 Albert Ward Speech & Language Therapy Castle Ward • 2 Minor Operations Lounge Lister Ward • 3 (Renal Unit CAPD) • 2 (W1, W3, W4) Caversham Ward • 1 (Theatres) • 3 Maxillofacial & Orthodontics Florey Unit Supportive and Palliative Charlotte Starmer-Smith Alice Ward • 2 (Oral & Dental Surgery) • 2 MRI X-ray • 1 East Drive, off Craven Road Care team (W6) Unit • 2 (entrance C2) Benyon Ward • 1 Orthotics & Prosthetics • 2 Paediatric Assessment Wheelchair Clinic (W4) Emmer Green Ward • 3 Unit • 3 Chapel • 1 Outpatients Hydrotherapy Pool • 1 Pharmacy Outpatients • 2 Huntley & Palmer Departments 1 and 2 • 2 Inpatient Therapies • 1 (Concourse) Main Entrance Haemodialysis Unit• 1 Pain Management Unit • 2 Admissions office • 2 Jim Shahi Unit • 1 Sanctuary • 2 (Concourse) Medical Photography • 1 Pathology (blood tests) • 2 Appeals office • 2 Mortimer Ward • 3 Urology (Harold Hopkins Medical Physics • 1 Phlebotomy (blood tests) • 2 Bereavement office • 2 Rapid Assessment Clinic Department) • 1 Renal Dialysis Unit • 1 Plaster room • 2 for Older People Venous Thrombosis Clinic Café (Strollers) • 2 Sickle cell & Pulmonary Function Unit (Woodley Ward) • 3 (access via CDU) • 1 Cash point • 2 Thalassaemia service • 1 (Chest Clinic) • 2 Sidmouth Ward • 2 X-ray • 1 & 2 Cashier’s office • 2 West & King Edward Ward Respiratory Medicine • 2 (Oncology & Haematology Victoria Ward • 2 Change machine • 2 Restaurant • 1 Day Unit) • 2 Whitley Ward • 1 Diabetes Centre Chaplaincy • 2 Rheumatology Florist (Flowerstalk) • 2 Outpatients • 2 Woodley Ward • 3 Melrose House West, 71 London Road League of Friends • 2 Occupational Health Trueta Ward • 3 Patient Advice & Liaison 21 Craven Road Berkshire Cancer Centre Service (PALS) • 1 South block annexe Breast cancer nurses • 1 Dingley Specialist Shop (McColls) • 2 Physiotherapy Redlands Road (entrance R3) Cancer Information Centre • 1 Children’s Centre Voluntary services • 2 Cancer Outpatients • 1 3–5 Craven Road (at rear) Outpatients East Pre-operative Clerking East Drive, off Craven Road Radiotherapy • 1 (entrance C2) Endoscopy Maternity block Antenatal clinic • 2 Craven Road (entrance C5) Centre block Buscot Ward (Special Care GI Physiology • 1 Blood Tests • 2 (Concourse) Baby Unit) • 6 www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk Clinical Decision Unit (CDU) • 1 Colposcopy clinic • 5 Patient information service July 2006.

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